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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you wonder over to the BC thread, a bunch of people there are saying BC is a safety. Maybe take a look.[/quote]

BC is often seen as a safety for students shooting for Notre Dame, Duke and Vanderbilt.

But safeties vary so much depending on someone’s major and interests. A STEM kid is going to have a very different list of reaches and safeties than a liberal arts kid. [/quote]

I don't think you understand fully what a safety is.

BC is more like a target, and ND, duke and Vanderbilt are reaches. Places like Fairfield, PC, ad Fordham are safeties, if you will. Some might argue Villanova, but that is no guarantee by any means. BC had an acceptance rate of 13% this year. That is not a safety.
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Villanova is a safety, you just have to ED. They’re just a big yield protector like Fairfield. 60% ED acceptance rate[/quote]

Nobody should ED to a safety. ED to a target is controversial![/quote]

Actually yeah you’re right. I meant Villanova would be a guarantee if ED like Fairfield, and they listed Fairfield as a safety. Neither are actual safeties simply by virtue of yield protecting though. Agreed that Fordham would be a good choice along with GW, Syracuse, and maybe Santa Clara if willing to go to the west coast. LACs like Union, Lafayette, conn college would be worth checking out as well. PC does a little yield protecting and is a step down along with Fairfield compared to the other schools so I’d personally skip unless 100% set on a northeast catholic school[/quote]

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